My husband has been doing some odd job work for the past several months. We know an older couple in their 80's. He is an attorney and she is a judge, both retired.
They hired a builder and their son to build them 4 spec houses in this area. Unfortunately, the houses were poorly built and did not sell, even tho they had great views.
The couple hired my husband, a licensed builder, to fix up their house and sagging porches. After he fixed it, they asked him to repair whatever was wrong with another one of the new houses. (doors hung wrong, house leaked, floor was buckled, etc. etc. etc.)
He has been working on the house, off and on since November.
Yesterday, he came home with a check for all the hours he has put in since last November.
Since I have not counted this money in our budget at all, I am adding the entire check to my $20 challenge.
Prev. total $1071.00
today 1425.00
new total $2496.00
A nice addition to the challenge.
February 4th, 2010 at 06:32 pm
February 4th, 2010 at 06:41 pm 1265308864
February 4th, 2010 at 06:51 pm 1265309461
You two are a good team... he is a skilled craftsman and you are a financial whiz!
February 5th, 2010 at 04:25 am 1265343934